⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 34 from three- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 40
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 36-11 off them
- Burned in transition, 14 fast break points to 29
A 17-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 2 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:13 · UTAH 9-2 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q2 0:47 · UTAH 70-51 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 7:47 · UTAH 104-86 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q1 4:55 · UTAH 24-22 NY
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 2
Q3 6:19 · UTAH 77-75 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 5:29 · UTAH 104-94 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| UTAH | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 19 | Threes made | 17 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 36 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
